Water-heating apparatus.



PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906.

J. A. HOSP.

WWA/5535s.-

TTOHNE YS UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

WATER-H EATING APPARATUS.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application tiled March 8, 1906. Serial No. 304,932.

T0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB ANTHONEY llosr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Jacksonville, in the county of Morgan andState of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Water I-l eatingApparatus, of which the following 1s a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedwater-heating apparatus more especially designed tor heating a smallquantity of water at a time, such as is required i'or bathing or otherpurposes, the apparatus being very simple and durable in constructionand arranged to eiiiectively heat the water in a very short time with aneconomical expenditure ot fuel, such as gas, oil, or the like.

The invention consists ot novel features and parts and combinations oithe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in tlieaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters et' reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l. is a sectional side elevation of the improvement, and Fig. 2is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 2 2 oil Fig. l.

An annular chamber A is provided with a conical top or dome A and isadapted to contain the water to be heated, and the said Chamber A ismounted on suitable legs Il, and into its lower end opens a water-supplypipe C. From the apex oi the said dome A leads a discharge-pipe D torcarrying oli the heated water. The chamber A consists of inner and outerwalls A2 A3, preferably or' cylindrical shape and spaced a suitablediitance apart, thc lower ends of the said walls being connected witheach other by a ring A4, and the said conical top ci' the dome A oi' thevessel. A is likewise formed of spaced inner and outer walls A"7 and A,connected with each other by short pipes E, forming an escape for theheat rising in the dome A.

Water-circulating pipes F are secured at their ends in the inner wall A2of the waterchamber A and extend in the spaceinclosed by the inner wallA2, and the said pipes F are arranged in sets-say three pipes to aset-as shown, the pipes in each set being preterably arranged paralleland spaced apart, as

will be readily understood by reference to the drawings. Each set oipipes F is inclined, and the several sets of pipes are arranged inspiral form, so that the lieat applied at the open bottom of the spacecontaining the pipes F and rising in the same space comes in contactwith all the pipes F to insure an eX- ceedingly rapid heating ot thewater flowing through the pipes from one side of the waterchamber A tothe other.

It is understood that the water enters the pipes F at their lower endsand i'lows out at their upper ends, and as the pipes are arrangedspirally it is evident that the water in the chamber A continues totravel in a spiral path leading from the lower end oi the chamber'A tothe base end oi` the dome A. The water traveling through the dome Aflows past the escape-pipes E, thus taking up additional units of heat,it being understood that the water in the chamber A and its dome A alsotakes up heat from the inner heated walls A2 and A5. By the arrangementdescribed a large heating-surface in a comparatively small space isobtained, and a rapid circulation oi the water and a quick heatingthereoin is insured.

A or other burner is applied to the lower open end of the spacecontaining the pipes F; but as this burner may be of any approvedconstruction it is not deemed necessary to further describe or to showthe same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A waterheating apparatus, comprising an annularwater-ch amber provided with conical top, a ywater-supply pipe openinginto the lower end of the said chamber, a water-outlet pipe leading fromthe apex of the said conical top, and water-circulating pipes arrangedin sets and connected at their ends with the said chamber, the pipes ineach set being parallel and spaced apart and inclined, and the setsbeing arranged in a spiral within the space formed by the inner wall ofthe chamber.

A water-heating apparatus, comprising an annular water-chamber providedwith a conical top, a Water-supply pipe opening into the lower end ofthe said chamber, a wateroutlet pipe leading from the apex of the saidconical top, water-circulating pipes arranged iii sets and connected attheir ends with the IOO said chamber, the pipes in each set being` par-E In testimony Whereorl I have signedmy allel and spaced apart andinclined, the sets l narne totlns specification in the presence of beingarranffed in a spiral Within the space formed by tbe inner Wall of thechamber, and

5 heat-escape pipes arranged in the said conical i top and connectingthe Walls of the conical l top with each other,

two subscrbin 'Witnesses Y JA OB ANTHONEY HOSP. Witnesses:

JNO. E. DAY, J. S. HAYDEN.

